US retail sales rose in March for the second-straight month

Spending at US retailers rose in March for the second consecutive month, underscoring the strength of the US consumer fueled by a robust job market. Read More

World Economy’s Great Escape Is No Comfort to the G-20

If the world economy is heading for a soft landing there’ll be plenty of anxiety along the way, with Iran’s missile attack on Israel putting an exclamation point on global jitters. Read More

Conagra factory freeze, Hain ditches Thinsters, Sunfed’s demise, Barilla US pasta move – Just Food’s week in data

Alongside our daily news coverage, features and interviews, the Just Food team sifts through the week’s most intriguing data sets to bring you a round-up of the week in numbers. Conagra Brands ... Read More

GB News to axe 40 jobs weeks after revealing heavy losses

GB News is to cut 40 jobs as the opinionated broadcaster battles to stem losses. Staff were informed of the cuts at a company-wide meeting on Friday afternoon following previous warnings that a ... Read More

The US Postal Service wants to hike stamp prices again in July. Here’s how much you’ll pay

Stamp prices alone have soared 36% since 2019 when they used to cost 50 cents. The Postal Service last raised First-Class stamp prices by two cents in January, just a few months after it raised prices ... Read More

Phillips 66 (PSX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Welcome to the first-quarter 2024 Phillips 66 earnings conference call. My name is Lydia, and I'll be your operator for today's call. [Operator instructions] Please note that this conference is being ... Read More

Posthaste: Move over Vancouver, Toronto is about to steal your hefty home price title, forecast says

Toronto will steal Vancouver’s title as Canada’s most expensive housing market by the end of the year, predicts a new forecast by Royal LePage. After stronger-than-expected sales and price gains in ... Read More

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's about 76,000 fewer than the year ... Read More

Homebuyers’ quandary: to wait or not to wait for lower mortgage rates

Shop for a home now or hold out for possibly lower mortgage rates? That’s a question confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season amid widespread expectations that mortgage rates could ... Read More

Tiny biodegradable straw forts could protect new coral from fish who snack on it ‘like popcorn’

Scientists around the world have been working for years to address the decline of coral reef populations ... standard drinking straws were able to protect the coral for about two months before ... Read More

World economy's great escape worries G-20 amid surging geopolitical risks

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has signaled that the fund will also slightly raise its forecast, to be released Tuesday, from the current 3.1 per cent ... Read More